I have read a fair bit of the manga; it's a "big girl" series (run in the same publication as 07-Ghost) so it's got lots of eye candy with hawt and cute guys. But nothing in the BL-sey direction (at least, not on the level of Hakkenden).

First episode looked lovely. I'm sure this will be my "yum" series for spring.

Despite hearing that, still plan on watching this show; it's one of the shows I was looking forward to this season. The hot guys isn't going to be a problem, BL on the other hand...Well, as long as it isn't too bad, probably won't even notice it. They said K had it and I still really don't see it.

I find it amazing how sensitive people are about calling things out as BL. "OMG, he smiled at the other guy! I'm getting evil yaoi vibes from this D:" By the same logic, most ecchi anime would definitely be yuri (you know, the boob rubbing girls are always doing on each other). If you didn't get any vibes from K, you definitely won't from this one, lol.

I liked the episode 2! But this seems little bit fast paced? I mean they skipped some scenes from the manga. Otherwise I liked it. I really love the animation here! Also this show feels really underrated....... It shouldn't be! Also that OP is bloody fantastic! I mean it's GRANRODEO so it should be good!

I wouldn't really call it underrated, there's been a lot of pretty shows this season and Karneval's been a bit of a mess in terms of plot. I'd say it's as popular and well-liked as I would expect it to be.

I can stay with something without much plot as long as I can empathize with at least one character, but this one's still not really holding much interest for me. I just don't like anyone, they're all just "meh", especially now since Nai turned into Kyube. And since I have to put up with Hulu's commercials to watch legally, I'm only giving it one more chance to define itself, I think...

When I started, I thought it was going to be a boring anime. I mean, the first episode was alright but it wasn't particularly good.

But the longer I watch it, the more I like it.

I mean, it's hilarious and adorable.

I haven't laughed out loud while watching anime for a while now. And this anime managed to do that. So I am definitely going to watch it.
Yes, it's kinda plotless.
But who needs plot when you have eye candy, awesome seiyuu, humor and cuteness.

I mean, this is good anime to watch when you are stressed up and all you want to do is unwind. So yea.

Finally. I've been waiting to gain some sort of depth to the characters, and episodes 5 and 6 delivered. I did not expect to see this much development within the course of a couple of episodes. That music was incredibly well-placed. I can see why this thread isn't getting much action, as I was getting close to dropping it as well. If you dropped it right off the bat, then it may not be for you, but if you are on the fence and thinking about whether it is worth watching, I will say that you should continue at least until episode 6, and then see if you want to watch more.

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For a moment there, I was thinking we'd see Gareki fall into despair, but it looks like they might be going for a more positive outlook. We'll see how things go from here. With two really good character-building episodes, this looks like it might possibly have potential. Likewise, I could see it falling back into the pits. There seems to be a lot of unanswered questions, and quite a bit going on behind the scenes. We'll see if the show can deliver a good story from here on out. For the first time in this show, though, I'm thinking this might actually turn out to be a pretty good series.

Yes, the character development and insights are probably the strongest points of this series. The plot is kind of mucky imo right now. but hopefully will pull itself back together. It's the construction of the characters that makes up the bulk of this series.

To me though, I actually like the elegance of Karneval and the artistic designs of the characters/setting.